putting a whole game on computer ?

my computer's CD drive seems pretty screwed, it doesn't like to read CDs an does stuff like make annoying noises and tell me there's no CD in there when i've put one in. it's screweing up gameplay because sometimes it just stops reading the CD randomly in the middle of a game.

so, here's my queston: can i put ALL the data from that CD onto my hard-drive, so i can play the game without the CD in the drive, so the computer runs the enitre game without needing a CD ? if so, how can i do this ?

thanks in advance guys,

Chris.

probably not since it's more than likey copyright protected. Don't know if there's such a thing as a ripper for software as there is for audio.

The answer is yes.. It can be done. You have a P.M.

can i get the pm too?

um, yea........i'd like that info too

I'm sure there's many, many people out there that would love this info... Gimme a while, I'm checking with a mod to see if its ok to post. Although it's not illegal, I do not want to cause any trouble.

Ok, I just got the Ok...

There are two ways around this.

1. Get a Virtual CD program. This is where you can actually put the entire CD on the PC, and it will run as such.

Or,

2. Just look for a No-CD patch for the game. What this does is re-writes the executable file to not look for the CD.

By doing 2, some features of the game may not work.

I will not go into details on where to find the NO-CD patch, but can easily be found by a quick Google.

when using the virtual CD program, do you ahve to copy over the entire CD or how does that work?

Yes, Here (http://www.virtualcd-online.com/) is a website that can explain it a little better than I can right now. I'm late for work ;)

of course u can put the whole game on the computer as explained above. i'm wondering why u don't just get a new cd-drive. it's like what, $30?

not for an obsolete sony laptop, they wanted $240 for a new floppy drive, until my dad got pissed off an made them replace it free.

and they say anger can't get you anywhere :lol: